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GOVERNMENT APPROVES AMENDMENTS TO LAW ON PUBLIC TELEVISION AND RADIO...

13.02.2003

Chisinau. The Moldovan Government has okayed the amendments to the Law on public television and radio submitted by Deputy Parliament Chairman Mihai Camerzan. Cabinet members came to a conclusion that the Deputy Speaker's draft, unlike previous two, better corresponds to the representation principle and ensures greater creativity independence to this institution.

According to these changes, the priority right for urgent distribution of news and information presenting state interest shall be given to central and local power organs.

The company's supervisory board is going to consist of 15 persons to work 5 years. The president, parliament and government are authorized to appoint 3 board members each, creative unions - 2 members, trade union confederation - 2, cultural societies of national minorities and youth organizations - 1 each.

The second bill, proposed by Communist MPs, stipulated that 15 board members are nominated by parliamentary factions - proportionally to the number of their mandates, and are then approved by parliament.

The third bill, drafted by the Social Democratic Alliance of Moldova (SDAM), envisaged that parliamentary factions delegate 2 persons to the supervisory board (including one from the opposition), president - 2, and government - 2. The rest members represent creative unions and the public.

The transformation of the Teleradio-Moldova state company into a public organization has been recommended by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Adopted in 2002, the Law on the state company conversion caused a negative reaction from the opposition. PACE also recognized that the law preserves state control over the television/radio company.